What were the 5 major concerns of baroque art?

Answer 1

Baroque art is characterised by the following,

1. Predominantly religious in its themes
2. A rich colour palette
3. Intense contrast between light and shadow
4. Captures dramatic moments rather than the calmness of Renaissance art
5. Emotion

Answer 2

Read about the Council of Trent. Its edict is considered to be the founding of the Baroque style of fine art.

From wiki:

"Beginning around the year 1600, the demands for new art resulted in what is now known as the Baroque. The canon promulgated at the Council of Trent (1545–63), by which the Roman Catholic Church addressed the representational arts by demanding that paintings and sculptures in church contexts should speak to the illiterate rather than to the well-informed, is customarily offered as an inspiration of the Baroque, which appeared, however, a generation later."

The primary concern, at least in the Early Baroque, was to make images convey clear messages, without the confusion of the previous style (Mannerism). So the artists returned to a more naturalistic style (like that in the Renaissance), and painted theatrically, so as to convey messages/tales very clearly and emotionally.

Read through this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baroque

Answer 3

1.Motion
2. Space
3. Time
4. Light
5. Theatricality